Cheesy Pepper Jelly Cigars

Start with store-bought phyllo dough and a few ounces of Seven Sisters cheese from The Farm at Doe Run. Add a little melted butter and a slathering of Tait Farm Food’s Apple Pepper Jam. Before you know it, you have a remarkable hors d’oeuvre to pair with a local wine. Served with a healthy green salad, you can even serve them up as a Meatless Monday entrée.

Cheesy Pepper Jelly Cigars Recipe

INGREDIENTS

1 roll phyllo dough

1 stick butter, melted

4 oz Seven Sisters cheese from The Farm At Doe Run, grated

1 jar Tait Farm Food’s Apple Pepper Jam

1 egg, beaten

Sesame seeds for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Unroll phyllo dough and cut lengthwise so you have two long sides.

3. Take one layer and brush with melted butter, top with a second layer of dough, and brush with butter again.

4. Add one tablespoon grated cheese and 1 teaspoon jelly to one side of the dough, and roll tightly into a cigar-sized roll.

5. Repeat with the rest of your ingredients (should make roughly 24 “cigars”).

6. Place on parchment-lined baking sheet.

7. Brush each cigar with egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

8. Bake at 375 degrees until golden brown and crispy.

RECIPE & STYLING BY ANNA CALABRESE / PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVE BRYCE

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